The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1887-03-04
EARTHQUAKE IN EUROPE.
Nice and Many Cities on the Gulf of Genoa
Partially Destroyed by Earthquake
Shocks.
A Large Number Of People Killed and Injured
Three Hundred Perishing at Crevo
Alone.

ROME. Feb. 23.-Two shocks Of earth
quake were felt at Nice at q O'Clock this
morning. Houses rocked, walls cracked and
In some casec frail tenenents were thrown
to the ground The people rushed from their
houses and fell upon their knees in the
streets, praying for deliverance from
sudden death. Visitors to the city have
become thoroughly frightened and are leav-
Ing the place Many persons were injured
by falling debris Much alarm is felt lest
there be a recurrence of the shocSa The
prince Of Wales, who was at Nice a few days
ago witnessing the festivities which preccde
the Lenten season, had taken his departure
and was Mt Cannes. Shocks were also felt at
Monte Carlo and Monaco, at which places
they were SO severe that rocks were detached
from the cliffs and preciptated into the sea
The disturbances extended as far as Geneva.
There were many casualties at Nice. Two
houses, one in st Etienne street and one in
st PHILIPPE street, and tho Mason Bourke
| were destroyed. Three persons are buried
III the ruins. There was also slight shock at
Marsei!les this morning. The walls OF II nam.
Der OF houses in that city were cracked Shocks
were also felt at Leghorn and Milan and
several places In the province of Genoa,
Italy. Two violent shocks were felt MT Tou-
ION at u o'clock. Tho first shock was of fif-
eeen seconds and the second OF thirteen sec
onda The movement was from west to
east AT Cannes three shocks were felt at
tne same hour The first shock, which was
very violent, lasted for minute The sec
ond and third shocks were not SO severe us the
hrst Many persons at this place rushed to
the seashore for safety Nobody was in
]ured. At Avignon three shocks were ex-
perienced between and o'clock Tho
tTst shock was very severe and awakened
everybody in the place. Several shocks were
felt at Geneva at q o'clock. At the time of
The earthquake at Nice the Riviera was
crowded with English and American tourists
and persons of distinction. When the first
shock occurred the streets were thronged
with persons in ball room costumes, return
ing to their homes from the last carnival sea-
SON. To these the earthquake came with
peculiar terrors. The shocks were felt with
great severity at Snsona, rear Genoa, and a
number of houses were wrecked and
eleven persons were killed ut that place
FAR WORSE.
The earthquake this morning devastated
the whole OF the Italian Riviera At Noli,
Oh the gulf OF Genoa and not far from
Savona, several houses fell and fifteen per-
sons were killed. Six were killed and thirty
injured at Oneglia, also on the gulf of Genoa
AT Diano- -Marino, near Oneglia, scores OF
people were killed and hundreds injured
Fully one-third of the town was destroyed
A second and severe shock has occurred in
Genoa, Ravta, Lucca, Cuneo, Alhizoia, Porto,
Maurizio, Oneglia and Noli At Savona eight
pereons were killed and fifteen Others
Injured Immenss damage was done to
property. Further details from the Riviera
increase the disaster. At Crevo, near Diano-
Marina, 800 persons were killed by being
buried in the ruins of falling buildings
Hallway traffic is suspended beyond Savona.
The prisoners in the government Jail at
Finalbergo, alarmed by the earthquake, at
tempted to escape but We're overcome by
the guards. An official dispatch from Cannes
says that no injury was done to life or prop
ETY. there, but that great panic prevails
At Genoa the shock was very Violent The
ducal palace and many houses were seri-
ously damaged There was an enormous
crowd at Carlo Felce theater to witness a
gala performance The greatest alarm pre-
vailed when the shock came, At Tur..i the
churches suffered severely In the neigh
borhood of Doordigera many houses fell,
killing the inmates